Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War. The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements (the battlecruiser action, the fleet action, and the night action), from 31 May to 1 June 1916, off the North Sea coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships of the war.

The total loss of life on both sides was 9,823 personnel: the British losses numbered 6,784 and the German 3,039.

British losses; 113,300 tons sunk:

• Battlecruisers: HMS Indefatigable, HMS Queen Mary, HMS Invincible
• Armoured cruisers: HMS Black Prince, HMS Warrior, HMS Defence
• Flotilla leader: HMS Tipperary
• Destroyers: HMS Shark, HMS Sparrowhawk, HMS Turbulent, HMS Ardent, HMS Fortune, HMS Nomad, HMS Nestor

See Also

• Aaron James Balson
• Alfred George Dorman
• Christopher Marks Churchward
• Courtenay William Bennett
• Ernest Edward Shaughnesey
• Francis Harold Bealey
• Frederick Gater
• Frederick George Kemp (c1887-1916)
• Frederick Thomas Batters
• Frederick Willey
• George Peek
• HMS Defence
• HMS Indefatigable
• HMS Invincible
• HMS Shark
• Herbert George Goss
• Herbert George Lemon
• Jack Arthur Charles Kneel
• John Evans (d.1916)
• John Henry Rafferty
• Josiah James Auston
• Reginald Stanley Shapcott
• Samuel John Lock
• William Frank Bishop
• William Henry Thompson
• William John Taylor (d.1916)

Sources of Information

• Wikipedia